A work of memory
Of bodily memory
Of body horror and of decomposition
Of anxious bodies and dream logic
Of desperate meanings unraveling unto some queer itch that feels like home
Is it a fantasy?
Is it alive?

- reflections of Last Dance by Brendan Drake.

Premiered: September 2023
Commissioned & Presented by: Snug Harbor Dance Festival / Melissa West
Performers: Nattie Trogdon & Hollis Bartlett
Music: John Cage
Photography: Anna Sparks/Sparkographs
Videography: Tommy Batchelor

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Snug Harbor Dance Festival / The Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanic Garden / Staten Island, NY / September 23 & 24, 2023

This work was created in part through residences at The Newhouse Center at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanic Garden, and the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary with funding and support by The Audience Building Project, a program of the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the Governor and New York State Legislature. Additional support provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.